Volume One: Heroes Appear, People Pay Attention Chapter 328: A Different Backup Game (First Update with Guarantee)

Chapter 328: A different back-up game (first update with guarantee)

The Philips Stadium was thundering with cheers, and the stands seemed to be shaking, as if another earthquake was happening under everyone's feet.

In such a joyful scene, Barcelona's coaching bench and bench were completely silent.

This atmosphere is really weird.

When Vilanova saw this scene, he didn't react for a moment.

"Uh...what's going on?"

However, he is an experienced assistant coach after all, and he soon came to his senses - a goal happened, but it was not Barcelona who scored the goal, but... Eindhoven!

This discovery surprised him. For a moment, he even forgot about standing up.

Barcelona is lagging behind?

Although this is an away game, our opponent is a weak PSV. How could we fall behind? With Barcelona's strength, they should be ahead!

Even if we replace many main players, the young people from La Masia's youth training camp are also the best in football. These young people will probably be the absolute main force and core of any team they go to. So even this second Barcelona team should be able to defeat their opponents easily.

Vilanova focused all his attention on listening to the radio from the beginning of the game, and did not pay enough attention to this game, so he did not know that this game was relatively stalemate from the beginning, and Barcelona did not have the absolute ability to easily defeat Etienne Inhoven.

If he knew this, he wouldn't be so shocked, but would have the same expression as Guardiola - livid!

Because this goal means that Barcelona needs to pay a higher price if they want to win the game. And it also shows that Barcelona's performance was not as good as they thought before the game!

Perhaps they replaced too many main players at once and let too many young players play. After all, they lack experience in playing in the Champions League, let alone the quarter-finals. The next step in this kind of competition is the semi-finals, which is a completely different world. In the entire Europe, only four teams can appear in the semi-finals. This is a very tempting opportunity for PSV.

In fact, even if they were drawn to be with Barcelona, ​​PSV did not give up. Although the hope is slim. But PSV coach Cocu has not given up hope.

He began to pay attention to Barcelona's movements since he knew the result of the draw.

He has played for Barcelona for many years and knows this team very well. He knows that the biggest feature of this team is pride. They are proud of their team's tradition and they are also proud of their team's strong strength. He is even proud of the Catalonia region to which the team belongs, and proud of the fact that Catalonia has always been at odds with Spain.

This pride seeps into their bones.

Pride is naturally a good thing, but excessive pride can turn into a bad thing.

For example, sometimes, they will look down on teams that are weaker than them, and will involuntarily have the feeling of underestimating their opponents.

Just like this time.

Their own team is simply too weak for Barcelona. Barcelona is focused on revenge against Liverpool in the semi-finals, so naturally they will not focus on the game against PSV.

In this way, I will have no chance...

Sure enough, the information quickly fed back told Cocu that he got what he wanted.

Barcelona didn't take PSV seriously at all. Not only that, but they also believe that Cocu is the head coach of PSV, which will make these two games easier. Because Cocu has played for Barcelona before, served as Barcelona's captain, and has a good relationship with the Barcelona media and fans. With Cocu's recognition of Barcelona, ​​he might even take the initiative to let things go...

This statement made the Barcelona media speak out openly and triumphantly.

This angered Cocu.

Cocu considers himself a very dedicated head coach. Although he is young and his resume is not impressive, he respects football and would never do such a thing. In his opinion, it is simply a humiliation to himself if others think that he will let others offend him!

However, he did not express this anger.

Not only that, he also wanted to express his goodwill towards Barcelona before the game, so before the game he talked to reporters about his days playing for Barcelona. He said that he still misses those Barcelona teammates and fans. He likes the city of Barcelona, ​​and he still says that he will always be a supporter of Barcelona.

What he said was sincere, and coupled with the fact that he played for Barcelona for six years and became the most played foreign player in Barcelona's history, no one believed that what Cocu said was a lie.

Cocu did not lie, he told the truth.

But love for Barcelona does not mean that we have to let Barcelona go.

This is just to confuse Barcelona.

He succeeded. Barcelona sent more than half of its young players on the field, and even Messi got a rare chance to rest.

At the same time, Cocu continued to instill a concept in PSV players before the game. That is, "Even if the whole world thinks you are lost, you can't give up." He kept telling everyone about the Barcelona media's contempt for Eindhoven, and gradually built up hatred for Barcelona and ​​in their hearts. Fighting spirit.

After all, PSV is also a giant in Dutch football. If it were put aside 20 years ago, would Barcelona dare to despise them so much? Now that he is being humiliated by his opponent, who feels better?

The fire of fighting spirit burns brightly in the hearts of every PSV player.

And then they were ahead of Barcelona in the game!

When his team scored a goal, head coach Cocu rushed out of the coaching bench with his arms raised, his face changing with excitement.

All the hard work and comeback are worth it at this moment!

Didn't you say that this is just a warm-up match for the semi-finals?

I'm going to tell you, what an unusual back-up game this is!

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PSV players were ecstatic when they found out they were actually ahead of Barcelona. Their celebrations were even a little exaggerated.

But there was no protest from Barcelona. At first, it was because they hadn't recovered from the shock - our powerful Barcelona was actually ahead of PSV? To be led by such a team? !

They can accept being led by Liverpool and Real Madrid. After all, these two teams have the same strength as them. Even if they are ahead of them, it is normal.

But there is a huge difference between Eindhoven and them! They were able to lead Barcelona just twelve minutes into the game!

This reality is really cruel and shocking.

And when they finally recovered from the shock and began to gradually accept this reality, there was another thing that made them a little confused.

After all, Guardiola is the team's head coach and is not as vulnerable as others. He quickly calmed down and accepted this reality. What you should be thinking about now is how to fight back, instead of thinking here "This is impossible! This is impossible! How is this possible!"

So when he came back to his senses, he naturally noticed Vilanova next to him. He rang. Just when PSV scored, Vilanova suddenly stood up with a strange expression on his face.

But now Vilanova was frightened by the fact that the team in front of him was lagging behind, and he no longer reacted.

He turned to look at Vilanova: "Tito, do you seem to have something to tell me?"

After hearing Guardiola's words, Vilanova finally reacted: "Uh...yes..." He remembered what he wanted to do.

Just thinking about this matter, the expression on his face became even worse.

Guardiola watched the expression on his face change: "What's wrong?"

"Uh...Liverpool scored. Chen Yingxiong scored just when we lost the ball...Liverpool took the lead!"

Guardiola was also stunned.

Then he realized - this is really bad!

His own team was behind and Liverpool were ahead. He is too familiar with Liverpool and has taken the lead at his home court. Even a one-goal lead is enough. Liverpool will play more smoothly in future games, and Dortmund will be unable to fight back. Maybe Liverpool can end the suspense of the two-leg match at their home court.

In that case, no matter how terrifying and hellish the Westfalenstadion is, what threat does it pose to Liverpool?

Only then did Guardiola realize the problem he had ignored before.

He only saw the advantages and disadvantages of the schedule, but forgot that Liverpool, who played at home first, could completely crush Dortmund and end the suspense of the quarter-finals by relying on their equally strong home court advantage. After all, Dortmund is far from Liverpool in terms of strength, so this possibility is not impossible.

In this way, I may not be just waiting for work!

So what I should be thinking about now is how to deal with PSV Eindhoven as soon as possible in the away game, just like Liverpool, making the second round of the game directly meaningless!

Thinking of this, he nodded to Vilanova: "I understand, Tito. You continue to pay attention to the movements over there, and tell me if anything happens."

After assigning the task to Vilanova, he took a few steps forward and walked to the edge of the coach's command area.

This time, many main players did not come to the Netherlands with the team. This was to deal with Liverpool and give them a better rest as much as possible.

However, there were still some players who followed the team to the Philips Stadium.

Messi, as the team's ace, is sitting on the bench at this time.

If Messi is sent, this game will be over quickly.

It's just... If I encounter PSV, I have to send the strongest players. Will it appear that I am too incompetent?

Guardiola also has his troubles.

He has the same trouble as Martin O'Neill before, that is, some people will always think that his success is not due to his ability as a head coach, but to talented players such as Messi, Xavi, and Iniesta. Didn’t Ibrahimovic say that? "What kind of talent does Guardiola have? If I were the head coach of Barcelona, ​​I would also win the championship!"

This sentence is like a thorn in Guardiola's heart.

And he himself knew that he did still have some shortcomings, so after leading Barcelona to win so many championships, he decided to leave temporarily. His reason was that "he needed to recharge." This is not an excuse, this is a genuine reason.

After he came back again, he once led Barcelona to win the Champions League, but this was not enough. After Xavi gradually aged, Guardiola won much fewer championships than when he first coached Barcelona. Although compared with other head coaches, it can still be considered a success, but Guardiola's opponent is never others, but himself.

How could such a proud person allow himself to be inferior to his former self now?

He has been recharging for a year and deserves to be better than his previous self.

The championship is the only measure of all this.

He needs to let the world know that Guardiola can succeed not because he has top players such as Messi, Xavi and Iniesta, but because of his good coordination as a head coach!

That's why he hesitates now.

The reason why I say it is the same as Martin O'Neal before is because now Martin O'Neal has figured it out. Unlike Guardiola, who came from a famous family, he achieved dazzling results that could blind others as soon as he debuted.

So his mentality is closer to that of a normal person, more peaceful.

Since Chen Yingxiong is worthy of his reliance, then he will rely on him.

It's not a big deal.

As long as I can win the championship, anything will happen.

Some things are just empty names and meaningless. Heavy gold medals and trophies are the most practical.

Once he looked away, Martin O'Neill would no longer dwell on those false things.

But Guardiola has not yet reached this level...